On the 30th of April, 2011, we will join together in Washington, DC, to impress upon congress that the business of this nation must now be to correct the earmarks and abusive legislation that have denied the vast majority of Americans a real raise in income for the last 30 years; a period in which the productivity of the American worker more than doubled as did the share of income received by the top 1% of tax payers, a 30 year period when congress cut the taxes on the top 1% and 0.1% of taxpayers by more than 50%, and increased the burden on working families. A period of time when congress "borrowed" over $2.5 trillion from the Social Security Trust Fund to hide the tax cuts for the top one tenth of one percent of society. Because congress has been indifferent to condition of working families of every creed and color, to honor the legacy of A. Phillip Randolph, and to express our common demand that our elected officials stand up for those who have produced so much wealth, we will march on Washington on the weekend 30 April/ 1 May 2011. Our goals are the same as those championed by Mr. Randolph and Dr. Martin Luther King in August 1963, we will be marching for jobs, and reduction in the huge income inequality that grips this nation, is strangling our economy, and trashing the American Dream. It is time to tell those who have saved the banking industry so many times, that have set up Potemkin agencies that protect industry at the expense of voters, that it is time to save the American family. This nation, known in the 50's, 60's, and 70's for the vastness of its opportunity, is now the world's largest debtor, has lost the most industry of any nation, and leads the industrialized world in inequality of wealth and opportunity. Such a nation can perhaps maintain the wealth of a few, but can not offer prosperity to the majority of its citizens; such a nation will fail. We will go to Washington to tell our representatives to make a real start at fixing problems, or come on home.
Topics:
Election reform: tear down the House of Bribes, design publicly funded elections that work.
End Right-To-Work laws that deny workers the benefits of organizing while expanding the benefits of corporations to do the same thing.
Wage Reform: quit socializing the cost of labor with food stamps and HUD housing. Make a living wage the minimum.
Income tax reform: No taxes, not payroll or income taxes on those earning less than $25,000
Fair trade: tariffs , on products sold in the USA when less than 50% made in the USA.
Income inequality: Commit to programs to reduce the 20:20 score of the USA to less than 4:1.
Health Care: A public option costing (and providing services) equal the value of the system in the Netherlands. (note: Republicans want to discuss Obama care; so do we.)
Education: Not more money, not more programs, but more involvement in the three basic things we require; good teachers, involved parents encouraging home study, and the reward of jobs that pay a wage showing the respect of society and the right to live in decent conditions.
National security: protect our industry and provide a diverse environment that employs more of our citizens in occupations they are best suited for. 50% of our college graduates can not find jobs requiring a college education, while congress encourages industry to bring in low wage immigrants to do the work work our children trained for.
The Environment: clean it up, make it like our parents found it. It won't cost more than we are willing to pay.
Undo the activist ideological Supreme Court that thinks that Monsanto is a man.
Invited Speakers:
Congressman John Lewis, 5th District,Georgia, recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Clarence B. Jones, Scholar in Residence, Martin Luther King, Jr. Institute at Stanford University
Richard L. Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO
Larry Cohen, president of the Communications Workers of America
Senator Bernie Sanders (Vermont)
Representative John Conyers Jr.(Michigan)
Senator Bob Graham, author "America, An Owner's Manual"
Representative Rosa DeLauro (Connecticut)
Representative Marcy Kaptur (Ohio)
Paul Krugman, Nobel Laureate in economics
Representative Jan Schakowsky, (Illinois) Member of Obama's deficit commission
Andy Stern, former president, SEIU, Member of Obama's deficit commission
Joseph Stiglitz, Noblel Laureate in economics Author "Making Globalization Work", "Freefall"
Elizabeth Warren, Harvard Law School, Chair of Oversight Panel on Banking Bailout
Rebecca Elgie. League of Women Voters and Healthcare NOW! board member
Robert B. Reich, Professor of Public Policy, University of California
Edward N. Wolf, Professor of Economics, New York University Author "Top Heavy"
Dr. Norman Matloff, professor of computer science at the University of California at Davis, "Debunking the Myth of a Desperate Software Labor Shortage"
Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett, authors "The Spirit Level"
Jacob S. Hacker & Paul Pierson, authors "Winner Take All Politics"
Bob Herbert, Columnist NY Times
Thom Hartmann, progressive radio host.
Salomeh Keyhani, M.D., M.P.H. Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York
Michael Pollan, author "In Defense of Food"
Marching with us will improve the lives of more than 90% of all Americans. You can not make better use of a weekend.Make plans now to be there, and ask your family and friends to join you. This is all about families.Marching makes a difference and it is something we all can do. Don't miss the chance to tell your representative to get to work for you, in numbers they can not ignore. You make the difference, be there. There won't be any hanging chads,you show up and your vote will be counted, for sure.
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